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Statement by Apple — By early last year, Apple's cash balance had built to a point beyond what we needed to run our business and maintain flexibility to take advantage of strategic opportunities, so we announced a plan to return $45 billion to shareholders over three years.

Apple Should Distribute Cash, Not Hoard It: Einhorn — Cash-rich technology giant Apple needs to find a way to distribute its cash to shareholders, instead of sticking to the Depression-like mentality that prompts the company to hoard equity, fund manager David Einhorn told CNBC on Thursday.

Now showing: Older Tweets in search results — Yesterday, we updated our Android, iOS and mobile web apps to make it easier for you to find relevant content when you're on the go. We also started to roll out an additional update on our mobile apps as well as on twitter.com: you'll now be able to find older Tweets using search.

Inbox Unchained: Mailbox just fixed email on the iPhone — How a startup outdid both Apple and Google in one fell swoop — Gentry Underwood had a feeling that his startup might be making some users depressed. Orchestra was Apple's Productivity App of the Year 2011, but users were leaving after a few months using the service.

In One Fell Swoop, Facebook Glitch Deep-Sixes The Web — Now we may know how powerful Facebook really is. — On Thursday, many major Web sites were taken down by an error that stemmed from Facebook, as Internet mainstays like MSNBC.com, CNN, Yelp and New York Magazine all sent users …

eBay is back! — Supercharged by PayPal, the e-commerce company and its stock are red-hot. Watch out, Amazon! — FORTUNE — “I'd like to take you on a journey.” A group of 2,500 eBay employees is assembled at the San Jose Civic, a concert venue a few miles from company headquarters.

Confirmed: BlackBerry to Stop Selling Smartphones in Japan — Looks like the global rollout of BlackBerry's new flagship smartphones will not extend to the entire globe. Certainly it won't include Japan. — Confirming news first reported by the Nikkei, a BlackBerry spokeswoman told AllThingsD Thursday …